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Computerworld archives from May 2003

Offshore coding work raises security concerns: outsourcing critical software development to foreign workers puts systems at risk, users say. (Software Security).
May 5, 2003... IT professionals are raising serious questions about the U.S. software industry's reliance on overseas software developers, arguing that the practice puts companies and the U.S. economy at risk. A recent study by Gartner Inc. predicts that...

Pfizer moves broadband out to sales force: remote workers get routers, VPN software for distributed net.(and related article )
May 5, 2003... Pfizer Inc. plans to have about 10,000 of its 13,000 field sales workers hooked up by year's end to either high-speed cable modem or Digital Subscriber Line services--a project that analysts said would create the largest corporate broadband...

Windows 2003 compatibility issues upset some IT pros: older versions of Exchange, SQL Server won't run on new OS.
May 5, 2003... Some IT managers aren't happy. Others are more understanding. But all of those planning to upgrade to Windows Server 2003 will find that many older versions of Microsoft Corp.'s most popular server applications won't run on the new operating...

HP combines its hardware groups. (At Deadline).(Hewlett-Packard Co.)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... Almost a year to the day after it acquired Compaq Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co. on May 2 announced a reorganization that includes combining several server and storage hardware groups into a single division. HP said it's also creating a...

Microsoft to demo security hardware. (At Deadline).(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... Microsoft Corp. will demonstrate its Next-Generation Secure Computing Base technology for the first time at this week's Windows Hardware Engineering Conference 2003 in New Orleans. The vendor plans to devote 18 hours of technical sessions to...

Trade group sees slim job growth. (At Deadline).(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... The U.S. IT workforce grew by less than 1% in the first quarter compared with the level at the end of 2002, according to a report due to be released today by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) in Arlington, Va. Just 86,000...

America Online Inc., Microsoft and Yahoo Inc. (Short Takes).(to work together to try to limit the amount of spam messages)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... AMERICA ONLINE INC., MICROSOFT and YAHOO INC. said they plan to work together to try to limit the amount of spam messages originating from their email services....

Ebay Inc. (Short Takes).(names vice president of security)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... Former Bush administration cybersecurity official Howard Schmidt said he will become vice president of security at EBAY INC.

Oracle database users' interest in Linux grows: conference attendees say they plan to evaluate OS, despite lack of applications. (Open Source).
May 5, 2003... DESPITE THE relative newness of corporate applications running on Linux, attendees at an Oracle database user conference last week said a growing number of companies are evaluating or moving into production with database servers running the...

Canadian privacy law deadline approaching: U.S. companies must comply by first of the year. (News).
May 5, 2003... The clock is winding down for U.S. companies that exchange data with other businesses and subsidiaries in Canada to comply with a law providing broad privacy protections for Canadian citizens. Beginning Jan. 1, 2004, all companies that...

Division over Web services standards work stirs debate: IBM, Microsoft choose OASIS over W3C. (News).
May 5, 2003... More than a few feathers were ruffled when the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) announced last week that a technical committee formed to standardize the Business Process. Execution Language for Web...

IBM expands grid computing offerings: but it doesn't expect big demand until standards are set. (News).
May 5, 2003... IBM last week expanded its industry-specific grid computing offerings, even while it acknowledged that widespread adoption of grid technology won't accelerate until standards work is complete. The Global Grid Forum in Argonne, Ill., which...

Oracle patches DB security hole. (Briefs).(database )(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... Oracle Corp. released a software patch for a security vulnerability that affects its Oracle8i and Oracle9i databases. Attackers could use the buffer overflow flaw to compromise data or take control of servers, the company said. Systems would...

Microsoft issues security guides. (Briefs).(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... Microsoft Corp. released a guide that's designed to help systems administrators secure computers running its new Windows Server 2003 operating system. The company also reissued a similar document for Windows 2000. The guides provide...

IBM denies SCO's charges. (Briefs).(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... In a filing submitted to the U.S. District Court in Utah, IBM denied trade-secret theft allegations lodged against it in March by The SCO Group. IBM said it "has not engaged in any wrongdoing" or breached its Unix technology licensing contract...

Server sales rise, handhelds decline. (Briefs).(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... Worldwide server shipments rose 100% year over year in the first quarter, reaching a total of 1.2 million systems, according to Dataquest Inc. But San Jose-based Dataquest said shipments of handheld devices fell 11% in the quarter to 2.8...

Storage vendors' wild west mentality. (On the Mark).
May 5, 2003... ... is working against users' interests when it comes to interoperability standards, rails Jon William Toigo, consultant, author, columnist and, starting tomorrow, founder and acting chairman of the Data Management Institute (DMI). Efforts by...

High-tech CEOs confront new reality. (News).(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... The high-tech industry is facing a new reality of stiff competition, economic uncertainty and global instability, all of which have CEOs zeroing in on the bottom line, according to a survey being released tomorrow. The survey, conducted...

CA joins push to support on-demand computing: unicenter tools the latest to enter fray. (News).(Computer Associates International Inc.)
May 5, 2003... COMPUTER Associates International Inc. last week grouped together six Unicenter management software tools in a bid to give users on-demand computing capabilities without requiring them to make expensive upgrades to IT infrastructures. At...

Borland to launch tools for Microsoft's .Net Framework. (News).
May 5, 2003... Developers will gain new options for building applications designed to run on Microsoft Corp.'s .Net Framework and connecting those applications to systems in Java environments when Borland Software Corp. ships new products starting next month....

Gupta says 'optimal utilization' of resources goal of new tools. (Q&A).(Brief Article)(Interview)
May 5, 2003... Yogesh Gupta, CA's chief technology officer, spoke with Computerworld's Matt Hambeln at N+l about the vendor's on-demand computing strategy. What is new about these Unicenter tools, and how does CA define on-demand computing? Really, one...

IBM readies storage virtualization tools: SAN appliance due in July Storage Tank file server technology in December. (News).
May 5, 2003... IBM last week said it plans to ship this summer its first storage-area network (SAN) virtualization device for block-level data and to add by year's end another product, based on its Storage Tank technology, that will provide a common file...

EMC plans windows-based storage. (News).
May 5, 2003... EMC Corp. last week announced licensing agreements with Microsoft Corp. that will enable the storage vendor's first foray into the market for low-end network-attached storage (NAS) devices. EMC said it plans to run Microsoft's Windows...

IBM, HP release Itanium 2 systems. (Briefs).(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... IBM released its first server based on Intel Corp.'s 64-bit Itanium 2 processor. The eServer x450 is designed for use in data analysis and technical computing applications. It supports up to four CPUs and can run Windows Server 2003 or Linux....

Nortel, Redback settle lawsuits. (Briefs).(Nortel Networks Ltd., Redback Networks Inc.)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... Nortel Networks Ltd. and San Jose-based Redback Networks Inc. have agreed to settle dueling lawsuits that were filed in late 2001 regarding five U.S. patents held by Nortel. The settlement includes a patent cross-licensing agreement under which...

Ericsson to slash nearly 14,000 jobs. (Briefs).(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... After posting a $504 million first-quarter loss, LM Ericsson Telephone Co. announced plans to cut nearly 14,000 jobs by September 2004. The Stockholm-based company said its workforce will shrink from 61,000 people to 52,000 by the end of this...

Vitria Technology Inc. (Short Takes).(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... VITRIA TECHNOLOGY INC., a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based vendor of business-process integration tools, reported a $20.7 million first-quarter loss on revenue of $22.6 million. Vitria also said its stock faces possible delisting by Nasdaq.

Peregrine Systems Inc. (Short Takes).(files new version of its proposed financial restructuring plan)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... San Diego-based PEREGRINE SYSTEMS INC. said it filed a new version of its proposed financial restructuring plan with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Del.

Disparate views of IT governance spark debate: Panelists weigh IT centralization vs. decentralization. (News).(Industry Overview)
May 5, 2003... CIOs and consultants who took part in a panel discussion last week about the best way to develop and foster IT governance models were deeply divided over which path companies should take. IT governance--a methodology for keeping technology...

Senior execs looking for business-savvy IT managers: stress need for familiarity with business plans.(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... Business executives from a group of financial services firms last week shared a basic idea about how CIOs can deliver returns on IT projects: For starters, they said, IT managers have to be able to read an income statement. "Do you know...

Group touts Vermont as outsourcing alternative: Wages higher than India's, but lower than in U.S. cities. (News).
May 5, 2003... INFORMATION technology consultant Seamus Walsh was working in lower Manhattan on Sept. 11, 2001. What happened on that day prompted him to move his family to the relative tranquility of Vermont. Now based in South Burlington, Walsh is...

HIPAA could hamper medical research. (Privacy Regulation).
May 5, 2003... New federal privacy guidelines are making it tougher for medical researchers to access large amounts of patient data--and some researchers fear that could jeopardize studies of drug safety, medical devices and how to better predict and prevent...

Worthy of wireless. (Opinion).(Editorial)
May 5, 2003... BY THE TIME I FINISHED reading the page proofs for our Wireless at Work" special report (stories begin on page 27), I was Band confess the embarrassing truth: I'm ready to turn in my new Palm Tungsten only impersonating a real user. Half...

Monitoring Mom with QA tools. (Opinion).
May 5, 2003... CAN YOU PUT A PRICE on motherhood? Probably not. But if you're in the floral and gift business and count on Mother's Day for a sizable piece of your revenue, you can easily put a price on the uptime of the online systems that will be getting...

Blogs bring content alternative. (Opinion).(Industry Overview)
May 5, 2003... BLOGS LOGS ARE HOT NEWS. In February, GoogLe caused a stir by acquiring Pyra, creator of Blogger.com. In the past few months, many businesses have been experimenting with blogs as a way to make their Web sites and intranets seem more current...

Readers' letters.(Letter to the Editor)
May 5, 2003... Managing Projects Is a Unique Challenge BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE, the pressures to rapidly advance a project to a certain stage (read as "coding) are enormous. To use Michael H. Hugos' analogy of constructing a building ["Working Hard:...

SeeBeyond CEO explains why everything you knew about EAI has just changed. (Advertising Supplement).(enterprise application integration)(Advertisement)
May 5, 2003... You're now saying 'Everything you know about enterprise integration has just changed.' How exactly has EAI evolved over the last several years? EAI began as a way to integrate one application with another, enabling data integration and...

Editor's note.(Brief Article)(Editorial)
May 5, 2003... Mention wireless technology, and most folks think of BlackBerries retrieving e-mail or stock quotes, or those hyped wireless access points at Starbucks and airport lounges. But these days, wireless technology is expanding its job description to...

Wireless gets down to business. (Special Report: Mobile & Wireless).
May 5, 2003... In the hands of these pioneers, wireless technology is breaking new ground, with applications that range from the everyday to the extraordinary. FROM RETAIL STOREFRONTS to the military's front lines, wireless technology now permeates...

Working-class wireless. (Special Report: Mobile & Wireless).
May 5, 2003... FAR FROM TRADITIONAL OFFICE ENVIRONMENTS, WIRELESS NOW SUPPORTS A WIDE RANGE OF BLUE-COLLAR APPLICATIONS, LIKE A 10,000-TRUCK SERVICE FLEET AND 'SMART' BULLDOZERS IN A COAL MINE. IN A WIDE RANGE of companies, wireless often wears a blue...

Analyst report card: industry watchers from top analyst firms weigh in on which wireless segments and vendors are making the grade for corporate it. (Special Report: Mobile & Wireless).(Industry Overview)
May 5, 2003... Which wireless vendors are poised for growth? And which are best answering the needs of corporate IT? Computer-world posed those questions to a group of industry watchers. Here's what they had to say: Wireless LAN Hardware and Software ...

Vendor views: where is the wireless industry headed? Five top vendors offer their take on the future of wireless LANs, hardware, standards and security. (Special Report: Mobile & Wireless).(Panel Discussion)
May 5, 2003... The future is unfolding fast in the wireless industry. Gomputerworld spoke with five top vendors to get their opinions on where the market is heading and what advances IT managers can expect in the coming year. Virtual roundtable...

The wireless LAN faq: thinking of deploying a wireless LAN? Answers to these six frequently asked questions offer tips for success. (Special Report: Mobile & Wireless).
May 5, 2003... WIRELESS LANs are finally venturing out of their vertical market niches and into mainstream business environments. But they pose some special deployment challenges when compared with their wired counterparts. Here six frequently asked...

On the heels of the pioneers. (Special Report: Mobile & Wireless).
May 5, 2003... These mom and pop companies have watched and learned from early wireless adopters. Now they're the ones out in front, making wireless technology conform to their own unique business goals. IT SEEMS LIKE ONLY yesterday that wireless...

IT careers: utility industry focuses on cost-cutting, security. (Advertising Supplement).(Industry Overview)
May 5, 2003... Command and control centers. Large-scale integration. Cyber attacks. It's not just the stuff of national defense and homeland security. These three areas, along with intense cost pressures, are the primary focus of information technology...

Business leads IT. (The Back Page).
May 5, 2003... Frankly Speaking AT A BREAKFAST MEETING at last week's Cutter Consortium Summit 2003 conference, one deep thinker pointed to FedEx's Fred Smith as a CEO who really understands the value of IT. "I remember Fred Smith talking about IT like...

Just exactly what it says. (Shark Tank).
May 5, 2003... These tapes contain pricing and inventory data, and they're labeled "Confidential--Do not remove from computer room!" So when an IT pilot fish gets a job ticket to duplicate several confidential tapes and send them off, all to the same...

EDS sinks under weight of N/MCI anchor: problems with huge Navy intranet project take $334 million toll.(Electronic Data Systems Corp.)
May 12, 2003... Electronic. Data Systems Corp. last week reported a quarterly net loss of $126. million,: blaming "problem contracts" and a whopping $334 million pretax loss stemming from difficulties with the multibillion-dollar Navy/Ma rifle Corps Intranet...

PeopleSoft plans technology blitz to simplify apps: vows to cut installation, integration and upgrade costs, but reveals few specifics.
May 12, 2003... PeopleSoft Inc. last week outlined an initiative to reduce the cost of installing its business applications, simplify the process of integrating them with other systems and streamline user upgrades of the software. At PeopleSoft's 2003...

WLAN security still vexes IT: shops need policies to ban rogue access points, IT pros say.
May 12, 2003... Corporate IT managers continue to grapple with wireless LAN security issues, including; the battle against the installation of unauthorized WLAN access points by employees who are unmindful of the risks such links can pose. That was the...

HP's adaptive' strategy faces challenging market: differentiating plan from those of rivals key for company. (News).
May 12, 2003... LAWRENCE LINKENS, vice president of IT at Consolidated Edison Communications Inc., a New York-based telecommunications provider, likes Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO Carly Fiorina's vision for making IT responsive to changing business needs. ...

Microsoft warns of passport flaw. (At Deadline).(Brief Article)
May 12, 2003... Microsoft Corp. said it turned off the password-recovery feature in its Passport user authentication service after being informed of a security flaw that attackers could use to change passwords. By doing so, attackers could access credit card...

Nasdaq delists i2; appeal planned. (At Deadline).(i2 Technologies Inc.)(Brief Article)
May 12, 2003... Supply chain software vendor i2 Technologies Inc. said its stock was delisted by Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. on May 9, four weeks after the stock market warned that it planned to do so. The trading of i2's stock had been halted since March 31,...

SEC won't ease e-mail storage rule. (At Deadline).(Brief Article)
May 12, 2003... The SEC denied a request by financial services firms to modify a rule that requires them to archive electronic documents on WORM storage devices, which have "write-once, read-many" capabilities [QuickLink 37536]. In response, the Securities...

Sears taps IBM exec for IT job. (At Deadline).(Brief Article)
May 12, 2003... Sears, Roebuck and Co. named Cheryl Murphy vice president of IT operations and engineering, with responsibility for managing its data centers, networks and third-party service contracts. Murphy, 46, will report to CID Gerald Kelly. She had...

Feds, health insurers focus on sharing bioterror data: plan mock terrorist attacks to evaluate medical community's preparedness. (News).
May 12, 2003... The Department of Homeland Security today plans to begin a five-day exercise to test government and private-sector information-sharing in response to mock terrorist attacks involving weapons of mass destruction. The White House is billing...

AT&T speeds up global rollout of IP VPN services: carrier establishes consulting team, plans network links in 50-plus countries.
May 12, 2003... AT&T Corp. last week outlined plans to expand its IP virtual private, network (VPN) services globally, partly by accelerating an ongoing installation of technology based on the Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) standard. AT&T is...

ASP turns financial corner and proves. (On the Mark).
May 12, 2003... ... the business model, brags John Ottman, executive vice president of worldwide markets at Corio Inc. Maybe, maybe not. Ottman says the San Carlos, Calif.-based application service provider (ASP) had 66% revenue growth in the recent quarter...

LANDesk eases hardware upgrade pains. (News).(Brief Article)
May 12, 2003... LANDesk Software Inc. today plans to announce a revision of its hardware management tools, with new features designed to help IT workers monitor software licenses and migrate end-user settings during upgrades of PCs, servers and mobile devices....

Microsoft, HP demo PC prototype. (Briefs).(Brief Article)
May 12, 2003... At the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference last week in New Orleans, Microsoft Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. demonstrated a prototype desktop PC that included a 23-inch flat-panel display and built-in wireless telephony capabilities. HP...

CSC team wins Royal Mail Pact. (Briefs).(Computer Sciences Corp.)(Brief Article)
May 12, 2003... A team of IT services firms led by Computer Sciences Corp. (CSC) said they have signed a 10-year, $2.4 billion outsourcing contract with Royal Mail Group PLC, the U.K. government's mail delivery company. CSC's partners are BT Group PLC in...

Cisco's profit up, but sales down. (Briefs).(Cisco Systems Inc.)(Brief Article)
May 12, 2003... Cisco Systems Inc. reported a $987 million profit for its third quarter, which ended April 26. It was up 35% from $729 million a year ago, but revenue dipped 4% from $4.8 billion to $4.6 billion. Cisco CEO John Chambers predicted a similar...

The World wide Web Consortium.. (Short Takes).(released a proposed revision of the SOAP specification )(Brief Article)
May 12, 2003... The WORLD WIDE WEB CONSORTIUM released a proposed revision of the SOAP specification for final review.

Palm Inc. (Short Takes).(Palm OS-based handheld devices will now be able to use the BlackBerry wireless e-mail software)(Brief Article)
May 12, 2003... PALM INC. in Milpitas, Calif., said Palm OS-based handheld devices will now be able to use the BlackBerry wireless e-mail software developed by RESEARCH IN MOTION LTD. in Waterloo, Ontario.

Event-driven architecture poised for wide adoption: complex event processing the 'next big thing' after Web services, says Gartner. (News).
May 12, 2003... JUST AS MANY IT shops are starting to get their arms around the service-oriented architecture (SOA) approach now that Web services standards are emerging, there's already a "next big thing" on the development horizon, according to Gartner Inc....

Survey points to continuing friction between business, IT: one-third of polled business execs say they're not satisfied with their IT units. (News).
May 12, 2003... ONE-THIRD of 437 business executives surveyed recently by Forrester Research Inc. said they're dissatisfied with the performance of their IT departments. But some IT managers and analysts last week said the results aren't surprising -- and may...

Veritas readies tools to support utility computing. (News).(Veritas Software Corp.)
May 12, 2003... Veritas Software Corp. last week detailed plans to use an upcoming IT cost-allocation tool and technology from two acquisitions as the centerpieces of a product line that can be used to manage computer resources as a utility. Mountain...

Blogs play a role in homeland security: make it easy for critical-infrastructure agencies to share info from bottom up. (News).
May 12, 2003... WEBLOGS, the Internet technology that allows anyone with a browser to publish a personalized online journal, are increasingly being used to support the intelligence-sharing requirements of homeland security efforts. Providence, R.I.-based...

IM security problems persist. (News).
May 12, 2003... Security problems relating to the unfettered use of consumer chat software on corporate networks are fueling adoption of tougher security measures and more commercial-grade products, users and analysts said. Ongoing concerns about instant...

Air Force unit tracks deliveries of parts with wireless system: IT director says new technology could help logistics center save $15M per year. (News).
May 12, 2003... THE AIR FORCE Materiel Command's logistics center at Hill Air Force Base in Ogden, Utah, has deployed a wireless parts-tracking system that's expected to save about $15 million annually by cutting the average length of time that parts remain in...

CRM apps take flight at aircraft makers. (News).
May 12, 2003... Facing gloomy market conditions, large airplane makers like Raytheon Aircraft Co. and The Boeing Co. are rolling out CRM applications in a bid to boost sales and improve their customer service capabilities. Raytheon Aircraft in November...

U.S. agencies defend data mining plans. (News).
May 12, 2003... Government officials in charge of two data mining projects that have been criticized by privacy advocates told Congress last week that the information to be collected will be much more limited in scope than opponents have feared. James...

IT does matter. (Opinion).(Column)
May 12, 2003... KICKING UP THE DEBATE on the future of IT another notch is Nicholas G. Carr's sure-to-be-controversial contention in this month's Harvard Business Review that the pervasiveness of IT will soon make it strategically irrelevant. Summing up his...

IT warning: no badge, no access. (Opinion).
May 12, 2003... IMAGINE THIS SCENARIO: You leave your computer unattended while you're in a meeting, and someone uses it to send e-mail with sexual innuendos to a co-worker. Next thing you know, an HR representative is asking you to do some explaining. Or...

Wi-Fi: why and why not. (Opinion).(Column)
May 12, 2003... WITHOUT A DOUBT, one of the few growth areas of the industry today is wireless network technology built around the 802.11x standard. According to my company, Jupiter Research, corporate deployment of 802.11 devices (including: adapter cards....

Readers' letters.(Letter to the Editor)
May 12, 2003... Thoughts on Giving CFOs Project Info CIOS NEED to be careful about what they reveal to the CFOs who want information for quarterly earnings reports that comply with the Sarbanes Oxley Act ["CFOs Push IT Managers for More Info About...

Unisys presents ask the expert: A few minutes with Dave Passmore, Research Director, Button Group.
May 12, 2003... Mobility--Access Anywhere, Anytime * The term "mobility" is being used in many different contexts. How do you define it? Increasingly, the meaning of mobility is becoming aligned with the concept of"untethered communications" - it...

Automated to the core: data center automation software promises to help companies cut administrative costs and improve efficiencies. (Data Center Automation).
May 12, 2003... AS A COMPANY that hosts supply chain operations for customers such as Verizon Wireless and the U.S. Postal Service, New Breed Inc. has a crucial need for infrastructure availability and reliability. As part of its efforts. on those fronts,...

Wading into IP telephony: while some companies are taking the plunge into pure-play IP systems, others are easing forward with a hybrid IP/PBX approach. (Technology).
May 12, 2003... DAVID STEVER, manager of communication technology services at PPL, knows that IP telephony is the future. He also knows that his company (formerly known as Pennsylvania Power & Light) has a massive investment in a traditional voice network....

Computers that cajole: persuasive technologies are aimed at changing users' attitudes and behaviors. (Future Watch).
May 12, 2003... WE ALL KNOW ways that computers employ psychology to change our attitudes or behaviors. Mostly, we see it on Web sites. A widely used technique involves providing a fun game to play or a captivating video that might have no other purpose...

Fighting spam. (Quick Study).(and related article)
May 12, 2003... DEFINITION Software that controls spam -- unsolicited commercial mass e-mail sent over the Internet -- uses techniques such as blacklisting or "whitelisting" particular URLs or domain names, and includes self-leaning programs based on...

Reserve call-up hits IT security department: when an IT security manager gets the call, the rest of the staff is left to pick up the pieces.
May 12, 2003... AS IF THE EVERYDAY stress of my information security job were not enough, our department was hit with a bombshell. I'm in the U.S. Air Force Reserve, and my unit activated me. I've been out of the office for a couple of weeks now, and I'm...

Enterprise software's end. (Technology).
May 12, 2003... SUPPLIERS of enterprise resource planning software are headed for a dead end. Systems integration from now on will be accomplished by networks that can make diverse systems interoperate without being forced into any one vendor's architecture....

XAware upgrades integration server. (Briefs).(XA-Suite for Java 3.0)(Brief Article)
May 12, 2003... XAware Inc. last week announced XA-Suite 3.0 for Java. The upgrade includes new features for streaming large XML documents, XML-to-XML mapping to simplify schema transformation, functionality for flexible data manipulation and mapping to...

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